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While in NZ on the first day I passed through the little town of Kirwee (near Darfield) and came across this trough, which looked so interesting i stopped for some shots.
See extract below: Perry, P. J. 'Brett, De Renzie James 1809 - 1889'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 22 June 2007 - URL: www.dnzb.govt.nz/
Brett, De Renzie James 1809 - 1889
Soldier, farmer, politician
De Renzie James Brett was born at Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland, probably on 11 April 1809, the second of 24 children of James Brett, a barrister, and his wife, Barbara de Renzie. He may have been educated at the royal school at Portora, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
Brett became an ensign in the 31st Madras Light Infantry in 1825 and was on active service in India almost continuously until 1853, when he commanded the 35th Madras Native Infantry in the second Anglo-Burmese war. On the outbreak of the Crimean war Brett was seconded by the War Office to the service of the sultan of Turkey, for whom he raised troops from Albanian soldiers in Syria. After the war he was created leva pasha (with the rank of major general) and a knight of the Order of Medjidjie. After a brief period in England Brett returned to India during the Indian war of 1857--58, and was present at the relief of Delhi and Lucknow. For his services he was awarded a medal and clasp, and prize money of £5,000. He retired on full pay, with the rank of colonel, in 1863.
Brett had married Harriet Baker Harris at Limerick, County Limerick, on 3 July 1845; with two sons and two daughters (a third son remained in England) they emigrated to New Zealand, arriving at Lyttelton on the Greyhound on 9 May 1865. Brett purchased a 1,000-acre property south of Courtenay. His background and resources may have been akin to those of a typical runholder, but Brett was a supporter of the small farmer interest and an advocate of closer settlement, if not of cheap land. His property, Kirwee, took its name from a fort he had captured during the Indian war; he planted trees on the property to represent the disposition of his troops in that conflict. The site where the township of Kirwee developed was long known as Brett's Corner.
Kirwee was in a dry area of permeable soil and needed water to prosper: Brett was to become most noted for his role in bringing irrigation to this area. He had, it seems, seen irrigation schemes in India, and determined for himself that the waters of the Waimakariri River could be used for this purpose. Elected to the Canterbury Provincial Council for Selwyn in 1870 and appointed to the Legislative Council in 1871, he was active in both bodies in advocating water races and mobilising farmer opinion; he had to withstand the opposition of self-interested and influential runholders. The provincial council carried out feasibility studies, and in 1874 Parliament passed the Canterbury Water Supply Act authorising the expenditure of £22,000. Work commenced in August 1876, and the dam on the Kowai River, north-west of Springfield, was commissioned on 27 December 1877. The water race eventually reached Kirwee in 1881; in the meantime Brett and his friends had dug their own (probably illegal) connecting irrigation ditches.
Brett was a successful and influential farmer and active in his community. He was a founder of the Courtenay Agricultural and Pastoral Association and a member of the Courtenay School committee. He was less of a success in Christchurch social circles: he seems never to have been quite accepted in the Christchurch Club, perhaps because he was at odds with pastoral interests. Possibly this led him to become a founder of the Canterbury Club. 'Jovial at banquets and irresistible in the ballrooms', Brett was generally well liked, although it was said that his 'peppery' disposition was 'all the better for a little stimulant.' A supporter of the volunteer movement, he fitted the popular image of the retired Irish army officer: quick-tempered, good-humoured, loquacious and pugnacious. Yet there was also a puritan, or possibly parsimonious, streak in Brett; he objected to committee dinners at the Christchurch Club and to the mixed entertainments given by school committees. He also had his failures: he was behind suggestions that a corn exchange should be established in Christchurch; it failed because farmers preferred to sell to an agent they knew.
Brett is a significant if subsidiary figure in Canterbury history as a pioneer of stock water races. As the owner of a middle-sized property who possessed capital, energy and skill, he was able to contribute both to the intensification of farming and to the development of the rural community in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He died at Christchurch on 16 June 1889; Harriet Brett died on 11 September 1901. A monument to Brett, in a distinctly oriental design, stands beside the West Coast road at Kirwee.
P. J. PERRY
Obit. Lyttelton Times. 17 June 1889
Obit. Press. 17 June 1889
Popple, G. L. Malvern county: a centennial history. Darfield, 1953
Purple-flowering creeping thyme, hens-and-chicks, sedum and other drought-tolerant plants create a low-maintenance container garden. This container is made from a recycled styrofoam cooler that has been coated with a concrete mix.
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This is the top of a horse trough, at the end of Maidenhead bridge, labelled the "Ada Lewis trough" erected November 1908.
The back story is more interesting than either the structure, or the picture...
Ada Hannah Davis was born in Liverpool in 1844. She married Samuel Lewis in 1867.
Samuel Lewis was born in Birmingham in 1837. He began work at thirteen, sold steel pens, then opened a jeweler's shop, and became a fashionable money-lender, with aristocratic clients.
Samuel and Ada prospered, and owned houses in London and Maidenhead.
On his death in 1901, Samuel left an endowment to set up a charitable trust to provide good quality homes for working people in London. Samuel Lewis Housing Trust susequently became Southern Housing Group, and now owns 24,000 homes. Ada became the wealthiest widow in England, and, at the age of 60 married a guards officer less than half her age. She died in 1906, and was buried next to Sam in Golders Green cemetery.
From the British Journal of Nursing, October 1906...
"We wonder if it is any consolation to those unfortunate persons who borrowed money from the usurer Sam Lewis that much of the £2,500,000 which he left to his wife is to benefit (now that the lady is dead) our chartiable institutions. We doubt it.
But the windfall has caused great glee to many hard-working hospital secretaries. Amongst the charities which benefit is King Edward's hospital fund which gets £250,000. Other bequests are the London Hospital for a ward to be called the "Ada Lewis Ward",” £20,000; to the Sisters of Nazareth, Hammersmith, £20,000; for a home for London working girls, to be named "The Ada Lewis Home” £15,000; for charitable institutions at Cookham and Maidenhead, £15,000; for the relief of the Jewish poor in Dublin, £15,000.
The sum of £10,000 was left to each of the following: Guy’s, Charing Cross, St. George’s, St. Bartholomew’s, University College, St, Thomas’s, and Metropolitan Hospitals, Maidenhead Hospital, Hospital for Consumption, Sussex County Hospital (Brighton), Jews’ College, and the Jewish Board of Guardians for the relief of poor Jews.
Each of the following receives £5,000: Paddingdon Green Children’s Hospital, Evelina Hospital for Sick Children, London Ophthalmic Hospital, and the Jewish Soup Kitchen.
Also Lender to the Lords, giver to the poor and Jewish encyclopedia and Wikipedia
No more horses to water- Dripping Springs Natural Area, this photo shows where formerly a site where a two story hotel was built, even a piano was dragged up here! Later it became a tuberculosis sanitorium. Now the hike on shale tracks takes you up to the ruins.
Las Crices, New Mexico.
What I see through the window of the new flat I've moved in. Early morning's light on this 70s' style building of french operator France Telecom.
August 2007 - Rennes, France
Polaroid sx70 + 600 film
History of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle trough Association here
Which led me to the Fountains Society via this site
Not the tallest of fountains here, but...
A list of horse troughs in London is found here but oddly this one is not listed. I can remedy that.
Bohinj is an alpine valley and a municipality in the north-west of Slovenia, in the Julian Alps. It is recognisable by its periglacial lake, Lake Bohinj (Slovenian Bohinjsko jezero).
Some 20 km long and 5 km wide, Bohinj is the name given to the entire Sava Bohinjka basin southwest of Bled.
The valley consists of four regions; the Spodnja Dolina (Lower Valley), Zgornja Dolina (Upper Valley), Ukanška kotlina (Ukanc Basin), and Nomenjska kotlina (Nomenj Basin). It is bounded by Komarča on one end and Soteska, which is in fact a narrow canyon, at the other.
However, the municipality of Bohinj covers a much larger area than only the Bohinj Valley. The Lower Bohinj Mountain Range represents its southern border. The Sava river has carved a canyon between the Jelovica and Pokljuka plateaus in the east. To the north, Triglav, Slovenia's highest mountain is also a part of the municipality.
Sava Bohinjka (which merges with Sava Dolinka into the Sava) begins when two rivers, the Jezernica and the Mostnica merge. The Mostnica comes from a valley called Voje, whereas the Jezrnica is a very short river that flows from Lake Bohinj. Many smaller streams flow into the lake. The largest of them, the Savica, emerges in Komarča as a large waterfall. The Savica Falls (Slap Savica) get most of the water from Črno Jezero (Black Lake) which is the largest in the Triglav Lakes Valley.
Bohinj began opening up for tourists years ago, with natural attractions being the biggest draw.
Bohinj has become a starting point for tourists for day trips, for walks on the trails that run throughout the valley, and for mountaineering and climbing tours. It is also associated with the nearby Bohinj Railway, which includes the Bohinj Tunnel.
In winter the valley becomes a winter sports centre for skiers, snowboarders, ice climbers, as well as ice skaters on Lake Bohinj. During the summer, Lake Bohinj is frequented by swimmers, and with the Sava Bohinjka River, kayakers and fishermen as well. Biking, trekking and climbing are also typical tourist activities in the area.
Bohinj with its ski resort Vogel and Kobla is a perfect destination for all snow fans. There are platny opportunities to ski free ride, enjoy on snow park and have a long run down to valley trough the slope "Žagarjev graben". The easiest way to book your hotel, apartment or holiday is to visit MountVacation/Vogel-Bohinj or to call local tourist office, where they will help you to find the right accommodation.
Lake Bohinj (Slovene: Bohinjsko jezero) is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.
Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width. It is a glacial lake dammed by a moraine.
The largest of the streams that flow into the lake, the Savica River ("little Sava"), is fed from Črno jezero (Black Lake), the largest lake in the Triglav Lakes Valley.
The outflow is the Jezernica which merges with the Mostnica to form the Sava Bohinjka (which in turn merges with Sava Dolinka to become the Sava).
The area is associated with the legendary "Goldhorn (Zlatorog)", a white chamois with golden horns. A statue of the creature stands beside the lake.
Strolling along walking through an empty log flume tough.............sold for $3000.00 at auction. The ride components will be going to Marshal Wisconsin's, Little Amerricka.
Kiddieland Amusement Park, Melrose Park, ILL. Auction Day
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This was used for many years as a watering trough for the cattle. Even though it was mighty heavy we managed to get it in place here, filled it with dirt and we plant petunias in it every spring. It always look good :)
Fountain taken through a crystal ball balanced on a water trough in the Walled Garden, Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Horse trough on 3rd Street, at Washington Avenue or Lucas Avenue. Photograph attributed to Holt, Charles Clement, 1911. Missouri History Museum Photograph and Prints collection. Swekosky-MHS Collection. Image number: P0054-00011
I have noticed this old cast iron bath in a local farmers field before, probably now used as a horse drinking trough. I wanted to have a go at cross processing and this subject came right to mind.
In the center of the village of Honsfeld at the water trough a German soldier try's on some new boots.
Parco di San Giuliano, Venezia
HDR 3 Scatti
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Esposizione:0,005 sec (1/198)
Aperture:f/11.3
Lente:8 mm
ISO:100
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
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A typical installation of parabolic trough-type solar technology. This solar power plant located in the Mojave Desert in Kramer Junction, California, is one of nine such plants built in the 1980's. During operation, oil in the receiver tubes collects the concentrated solar energy as heat, which is pumped to a power block located at the power plant for generating electricity.
Credit: Warren Gretz / NREL
Grade II listed stone water-trough. Probably C18. Long trough formed by 4 linked rectangular troughs with to either end square stone with circular basin with exit for water. The trough is fed by stone channelled gutter to centre. On a former packhorse way through the village.
Installing mirrored parabolic trough collectors.
More than 3,200 mirrored parabolic troughs collectors being built at Abengoa's Solana Plant. Solana a 280 megawatt utility scale solar power plant (CSP) under construction in Gila Bend, AZ. When finished it will generate 280 MW's serving over 70,000 Arizona homes.
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